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About Santur Village

Santur is a small village in Kumta tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 237, made up of 118 males and 119 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,008 females per 1000 males. The village covers 244.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581362, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Santur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Santur village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Uttara Kannada
Tehsil Kumta
Pincode 581362
Area (hectares) 244.74 hectares
Population 237
Male Population 118
Female Population 119
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,008
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Santur compares

By the 2011 count Santur is the 81st largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,069 residents. Its 244.74 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Santur

Santur is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Santur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Santur from other places

Santur lies about 20 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Mirjan, about 8.3 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Santur
Nearest railway station Mirjan 8.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Kumta 11 km
District headquarters Uttara Kannada 20 km

Villages closest to Santur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kumta tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Santur

As per the Census of India 2011, Santur village had a population of 237. That makes it the 81st largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,069 residents.

Santur village has 118 males and 119 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Santur has about 1008 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Santur is 581362. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Santur covers 244.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Santur falls under Kumta tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Santur is Mirjan, about 8.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Santur.

Santur is about 20 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Santur is in Kumta tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Mirjan is about 8.3 km away. Kumta is about 11 km away. Uttara Kannada is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Alkod (under 2 km), Bhandival (under 2 km) and Anegundi (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Santur today is likely to be higher.

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